You and I, it's as though we have been taught to kiss in heaven and sent down to earth together, to see if we know what we were taught.
Boris PasternakAs for the men in power, they are so anxious to establish the myth of infallibility that they do their utmost to ignore truth.
Boris PasternakA conscious attempt to fall asleep is sure to produce insomnia, to try to be conscious of one's own digestion is a sure way to upset the stomach. Consciousness is a poison when we apply it to ourselves. Consciousness is a light directed outward. it's like the headlights on a locomotiveโturn them inward and you'd have a crash.
Boris Pasternak